From the "Publisher's Advertisement":

Besides the portraits which are an indispensable accompaniment of such a definitive edition, and the numerous rude cuts, copied faithfully from Thoreau's own sketches, which will be found in the Journal, the illustrations consist of photogravures of scenes and objects described by Thoreau . For these pictures the reader is indebted to Mr. Herbert W. Gleason, whose services in illustrating this edition the Publishers count themselves especially fortunate in securing. Mr. Gleason has made a careful study of all Thoreau's writings, including the manuscript Journal, and has explored with equal thoroughness the woods and fields of Concord, visiting the localities mentioned in the Journal and getting photographs, not only of the places themselves, but also of many of the fleeting phenomena of the natural year in the very spots where Thoreau observed them. He has even succeeded in identifying a number of localities described and named by Thoreau which had previously been unknown to any person now living in Concord. He has also followed Thoreau in his wider wanderings, and his portfolio includes views of Cape Cod, the Maine woods, and the banks of the Merrimack River. It will be apparent that Mr. Gleason's pictures are in the fullest sense illustrations of the text which they accompany.

Photo gallery of illustrations by Herbert W. Gleason

Henry David Thoreau, from the Maxham Daguerreotype, 1855 Vol. I frontispiece	Carlisle Reach, Concord River Vol. I facing page 44	Williamstown from Saddle-Back Mountain Vol. I facing page 198	Distant View of Uncannunuc Vol. I facing page 206
The Merrimack at Goff's Falls Vol. I facing page 250	On the Banks of the Merrimac Vol. I facing page 372	Walden Pond, from Site of Thoreau's Hut Vol. II frontispiece	Bird's-Eye View of Walden Pond from Emerson's Cliff Vol. II facing page 96
Pines Planted by Thoreau on his Bean-Field Vol. II facing page 172	Thoreau's Cove, Walden Pond, Showing Indian Path Along Shore Vol. II facing page 200	Brister's Spring Vol. II facing page 252	Squaw Mountain, Moosehad Lake Vol. III Frontispiece
Maine Wilderness Vol. III facing page 88	Pine Tree, Boar Mountain Vol. III facing page 134	Moosehead Lake, from Mount Kineo Vol. III facing page 194	Mount Kineo Cliff Vol. III facing page 298
A Windmill Vol. IV frontispiece	Sunset, Chatham Harbor Vol. IV facing page 26	The Plains of Nauset Vol. IV facing page 40	Beach Bluffs, Wellfleet Shore Vol. IV facing page 62
Shells on the Beach Vol. IV facing page 110	Wild Apple Tree Vol. V frontispiece	Montreal from Mount Royal Vol. V facing page 98	Mount Wachusett from the Wayland Hills Vol. V facing page 134
The Old Marlborough Road Vol. V facing page 214	Fallen Leaves Vol. V facing page 270	Thoreau, from the Ricketson Medallion Vol. VI frontispiece	Concord Battle-Ground Vol. VI facing page 24
Walden Woods Vol. VI facing page 122	The Hosmer House Vol. VI facing page 154	Thoreau's Boat-Landing, Concord River Vol. VI facing page 236	From the Summit of Monadnock Vol. VI facing page 370
Thoreau in 1854, from the Rowse Crayon in the Concord Public Library Vol. VII frontispiece	Frost Crystals at the Mouth of a Hole in a Bank Vol. VII facing page 22	View from Annursnack Hill Vol. VII facing page 84	Trees Reflected in the River Vol. VII facing page 140
Winter Landscape from Fair Haven Hill Vol. VII facing page 296	First Snow Vol. VIII frontispiece	Fair Haven Pond from the Cliffs Vol. VIII facing page 10	November Woods Vol. VIII facing page 86
Midwinter Vol. VIII facing page 150	Town Brook, Plymouth Vol. VIII facing page 364	Saw Mill Brook Vol. IX frontispiece	From Conantum Cliff in September Vol. IX facing page 16
Large Boulder at Nonesuch Pond Vol. IX facing page 96	Snow-Laden Pitch Pines Vol. IX facing page 260	Nut Meadow Brook Vol. IX facing page 398	Cows in Emerson's Pasture Vol. X frontispiece
Anemones Vol. X facing page 40	Concord River in June Vol. X facing page 116	The Mountains from Ponkawtasset Hill Vol. X facing page 264	Walden Pond in Winter Vol. X facing page 450
Conantum Pool Vol. XI frontispiece	The Leaning Hemlocks Vol. XI facing page 64	River Fog from Nawshawtuct Hill Vol. XI facing page 216	Wild Roses Vol. XI facing page 256
Butterfly on Joe-Pye-Weed Vol. XI facing page 342	Fair Haven Bay through the Woods Vol. XI facing page 480	Summer Foliage, Walden Pond Vol. XII frontispiece	The Leaning Hemlocks in Winter Vol. XII facing page 94
Shad-Bush in Blossom Vol. XII facing page 254	Great Fringed Orchis Vol. XII facing page 338	Ferns in Clintonia Swamp Vol. XII facing page 406	Kalmia glauca Vol. XIII frontispiece
Sam Barrett's Mill Pond Vol. XIII facing page 14	Snow Statuary Vol. XIII facing page 124	Barn Swallows Vol. XIII facing page 340	Provincetown Vol. XIII facing page 432
Concord Elms Vol. XIV frontispiece	Frost-Crystals on Ice Vol. XIV facing page 78	Skunk-Cabbage Vol. XIV facing page 248	Lady's-Slippers Vol. XIV facing page 366
Baker Farm and Fair Haven Pond Vol. XIV facing page 402	Hubbard's bridge and Water-Lilies Vol. XV frontispiece	Coral Fungus Vol. XV facing page 50	Shrub Oak Leaves Vol. XV facing page 184
Bateman's Pond Vol. XV facing page 370	Highland Light, Cape Cod Vol. XV facing page 442	Nature's Decoration of an Old Pine Stump Vol. XVI frontispiece	In the Easterbrooks Country Vol. XVI facing page 112
Curly-pate Hill, above Bateman's Pond Vol. XVI facing page 154	Willow Catkins Vol. XVI facing page 310	A Turtle-Dove's Nest Vol. XVI facing page 444	Cobwebs in Barrett's Mill Vol. XVII frontispiece
Water-Lily Vol. XVII facing page 70	October Reflections Vol. XVII facing page 216	Walden in Early Winter Vol. XVII facing page 352	Alder Catkins in Winter Vol. XVII facing page 394
Ball's Hill and River Flood from Ponkawtasset Hill Vol. XVIII frontispiece	Ripples on Goose Pond Vol. XVIII facing page 128	Large Juniper on Fair Haven Hill Vol. XVIII facing page 358	View from Pine Hill over Walden Pond, toward Mt. Wachusett Vol. XVIII facing page 378
Tufts of Andropogon Lighted by the Sun Vol. XVIII facing page 442	Houstonia Vol. XIX frontispiece	Sedges by the River Vol. XIX facing page 98	A Concert of Blackbirds Vol. XIX facing page 264
The Great Meadows in Spring Vol. XIX facing page 274	Young Shoots on Pitch Pine Vol. XIX facing page 326	Along the Old Marlborough Road in November Vol. XX frontispiece	Mt. Monadnock from the Troy Road Vol. XX facing page 10
Old Chestnut Trees on a Hilltop in Boxboro Vol. XX facing page 244	Blueberry Blossoms Vol. XX facing page 300	Hepatica and Bloodroot Vol. XX facing page 338	Thoreau's Grave Vol. XX facing page 342

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